farmer_ben

David, your not far from me (stansfield) check out the compasses, and the queens at hawkedon if your ever this way

Indeed they dont, but their are people of all sorts of age and background in my village who dont use it. people my age, similar jobs, same income, same interests but dont visit often.

I live in a tiny little village in Suffolk, and am blessed by having a brilliant local. Its a proper village pub and welcomes the village drinkers with open arms, unlike some of the country foodie pubs. Sat in there this afternoon having a pint, talking about various people in the village, as you do! and was amazed how few people that I know in the village actually use the pub. It is a friendly good all round pub, that is suited well for the young and old, serves good food and has all the traditional pub games. Its the only service the village has and is the heart beat of the village but yet is it being supported as well as i feel it should be? probably not! Bet if it was to shut, which can never be ruled out, I bet the people who never use it kick off big time! Discuss gents

jesus, that will mess you up mate (although im sure uou no that). although i do love a orange lucazade myself, its nothing but sugar! In response to the question, yeah i think its a good idea. Long shelf life so wouldnt matter to much would it if they didnt start to sell straight away?

To be honest, i am looking at all the single cabs and will probably come down to a decent local one what ever brand tbh. just fancy a l200

ash and scyamore PERFECT firewood mix

i've got one and its bullet proof and has spilt everything i've ever put in it, very good machine

thanks for all the replies, very useful

fair enough, i see your problem now.

i no i dont do the volumes of firewood you do nick, but could you not mix some of the pop in with loads once its dry? I've got some bone dry stuff that burns a treat, doesnt spit and i chuck a few armfuls in with each load

cracking video, few tips i got from it

in farming i think its vital that the manager/owner, can do any job they ask their tractor drivers to do (like any business i suppose). there are an awful lot of young managers coming through that just arent getting the practical experience first, they are being rushed through buy these huge farming companies. The chap i work for (on a self employed basis imo) is sound, i know how he wants work done and he knows i will do it how he wants it done. he likes to get on the sprayer and see the fields, its important to me that he does this and is invloved on the shop floor so to speak. I have worked for some right dick heads though, managers that expect their chaps to work 20hr days but will clear off home them selves at 7pm in middle of harvest. main problem i have found in farming is the lack of man management skills. for some reason a lot of managers i've experienced work like hell and produced good results but neglect their staff and never considered the staff have a life outside of the farm, normally cause the manager doesnt have a life himself.

is that single cab?

ha i had no idea you could do that? seriously think i may have to do that myself

is that a single or double cab?

and i'm swayed back to the l200

thanks nick, any opinions on what single cab would be suitable for farmer/firewood type person?! will be my only transport so gotta be comfortable on long road trips also

what age were they? im currently looking at a 58 plate. I see plenty of them about so couldnt of been to bad?

Im looking at changing pick ups and quite fancy a single cab L200, 56 plate onwards. Anyone got one and wanna share opinions good or bad? Thanks

hi there, i do alot of paddock sprayer, mostly for ragwort, with my quad and sprayer. i always charge hourly rates and normally tailer the charge on each job as each job can be so different. as a rule of thumb, i charge £35 an hour and a minimum of 2hrs, even if im there for 30mins. you have to do a minimum charge as loading the bike, sorting chemicals etc takes longer than you think. i also charge for the chemical used seperately. in my opinion a job isnt worth doing if im not charging at least £100 total. i personally believe spraying is better, as pulling ragwort will just leave roots and they will grow back, i dont care how care someone pulls it you'll never get all the roots out. hope this is of help

Agreed with Nick, we were only saying during the week how 15yrs ago you could stick anyone on a set of rolls or power harrow etc, now with the advances in tractor technology and width of some rolls (my neighbour has just bought a 18m set) you need an experienced operator on most jobs now

Got a big party at my local tonight and have just set up 4 swedish candles in the beer garden, the people all ready there are loving them!! serious never seen grown men so excited about a few flames just nipped home to get more firewood flyers as the ones the pub has have already gone

when splitting it, try and rip the bark off at the same time. its the bark that holds the moist in and prevents seasoning t oquickly. I split 20t in the spring, the odd few bits that still have the thick bark on are still moist under the bark!!

IMO i havent really got started with the firewood yet this autumn, done couple of loads last week but farm work is still priorty at the moment. Got 20 + orders stacked up and will be making a start once i've drilled the wheat after beet this week. Must of my customers understand that I dont do much before October firewood wise.

nice little system there nick and thats what im building towards myself hopefully. Have all the machinery and space/buildings on the farm, just need to build customer base up over next couple of years to warrent throwing much more money at the business first.